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,
Tho
exodus
to.
the
United
States
is
making
itself
felt
in
the
cities
of
Can­
ada.
In
Toronto,
for
example,thero
are
*aid
to
be
5000
residences
vacant.
The
London
Spectator
has
recently
shown
that
in
England
the
tendency
of
population
to
the
cities
Li
irresistible,
lhat
the
young
men
and
women
are
de-
terting
the
agricultural
regions,
and
that
farmers
are
unable
to
got
the
laborers
tecded
for
cultivating
the
soil.
There
is
no
w
i
n
China
a
comprehen-
llve
system
of
telegraph
lines
running
to
»11
parts
of
tho
country.
'
The
Governors
Df
the
provinces
keep
watch
over
the
lines,
and
take
care
that
they
arc
main­
tained
in
working
order.
The
Pckin
Government
is
now
preparing
to
estab­
lish
a
railroad
system
not
less
comprehen-
live,
with
main
and
branch
lines
extend­
ing
over
the
empire
from
its
northern
boundary
to
the
seaboard.
Ship
loads
ot
fails
have
arrived
at
Shanghai
within
the
past
few
months,
and
it
is
reported
that
the
work
of
laying
them
will
be
begun
tarly
next
year.
The
Manufacturer)'
Record,
of
Balti­
more,
in
reviewing
the
industrial
pro­
gress
of
the
South,
says:
\Many
leading
bankers
and
capitalists
have
lately
been
visiting
various
parts
of
the
South,
and
their
reports
are
uniformly
favorable
Is
to
the
splendid
prospects
of
this
favored
section.
Financial
troubles
throughout
the
world
have,
of
course,
bad
a
natural
effect
in
restricting
new
developments
to
some
extent,
and
the
lolly
of
Southern
farmers
in
raising
too
much
cotton
during
tho
last
two
years
oas
caused
very
low
prices,
which
have
bad
some
retarding
influence
upon
all
business
matters
in
this
section;
but
des­
pite
these
temporary
drawbacks
the
South
is
forging
ahead
solidly,
and
is
steadily
attracting
increased
attention
to
its
vast
natural
resources
and
advantages
which
insure
its
abundant
prosperity
in
the
near
future.
The
wonderful
record
of
the
last
ten
years
will
undoubtedly
be
Car
surpassed
by
the
coming
ten.\
A
great
part
of
the
work
of
draining
the
Florida
swamps
west
of
Kissimmee,
which
the
Disston
Syndicate
of
Philadel­
phia
has
undertaken,
is
done,
announces
the
New
York
J'ost,
and
the
improve­
ment
of
the
land
is
almost
inestimable
Tracts
that
a
few
yeuis
ago
were
four
and
seven
feet
under
water
have
produced
heavy
crops
during
the
past
season.
In
the
midst
of
the
Everglades
are
five
lakes
connected
by
narrow
and
tortuous
rivers,
and
canals
are
being
cut
from
lake
to
lake,
and
the
rivers
are
being
straight­
ened.
Th
e
object
of
this
branch
of
the
work
is
t
o
make
the
Everglades
naviga­
ble,
and
provide
a
market
route
for
the
fcpm
products
of
the
countiy.
Already
a
current
of
three
miles
an
hour
flows
through
the
waters
thus
set
in
motion.
It
is
proposed
to
drain
8,000,000
acres
in
all,and
the
summer
tourist
will
be
one
of
the
gainers
by
tho
enterprise.
When
the
work
began,
the
little
town
of
Kis­
simmee
was
nothing
but
a
cypress
Swamp.
Now
it
has
a
big
hotel,
a
brick
court-house,
many
handsome
residences,
«nd
n
busy
population
of
1500.
\If
any
agriculturist,
political
ccono>
omist,
statesman
or
philanthropist
can
solve
the
problem
how
to
prevent
dogs
from
attacking,
mutilating
and
killing
theep,
he
will
enable
the
farmers
of
this
country
to
double
tho
sheep
industry
at
n
profit,
especially
in
tho
older
States,\
declares
the
Boston
Cultivator.
\In
this
connection
a
correspondent
informs
us
that
a
sheep
breeder
near
Rochester,
N.
Y.,
recently
bought
a
thoroughbred
ram
at
a
cost
of
$500,
which
was
killed
by
a
worthless
cur.
The
town
authori­
ties
awarded
the
farmer
$6
as
damages.
Tho
following
statement
appears
in
the
Ohio
Secretary's
report
for
1889
of
the
agriculture
in
that
State:
Number
of
Bheep
killed
by
dogs
in
Ohio
in
1889,
32,080,
valued
at
$103,531,
number
in­
jured
by
dogs,
23,152;
damage,
$48,
-
503.
These
figures
do
not
represent
a
quarter
of
tho
loss,
because
the
remain­
ing
members
of
the
flock
after
the
maim­
ing
and
killing
by
worthless
curs
are
so
thoroughly
frightened
as
t
o
be
unprofit­
able
ever
afterward.
We
know
hun­
dreds
of
farmers
who
would
embark
in
sheep
husbandry
in
New
England
if
the
dog
nuisance
could
be
controlled
o;
avoided.\
Pauperism
appears
to
be
decreasing
steadily
in
England
and
Wales.
From
a
Parliamentary
paper
just
issued,
it
ap­
pears
that
the
number
of
persons
in
re­
ceipt
of
relief
in
thoso
counties
in
the
last
week
of
August,
1891,
was
638,976,
which,
notwithstanding
the
increase
ot
population,
was
smaller
than
in
any
col-
responding
month
during
tho
previous
thirty-four
years.
Tho
proportion
which
the
paupers
bore
to
tho
population
was
twenty-two
to
tho
thousand
as
compared
with
45.2
in
18G3,
when
the
proportion
was
highest.
In
nino
out
of
tho
four­
teen
years,
from
1857
to
1870,
it
was
more
than
forty
to
the
thousand.
The
figures
relating
to
the
metropolis
are
not
eo
good,
but
still
indicate
a
substantial
decrease.
In
tho
fourth
week
of
Au­
gust,
1891,
there
were
85,887
persons
relieved
in
London,
which
was
a
smaller
number
than
in
each
week
of
the
month
in
the
preceding
five
years.
The
pro­
portion
of
pauperism
to
population
in
the
metropolis
was
29.3
to
the
thousand
in
1891,
as
against
33.8
in
1857,
and
was
smaller
than
in
any
of
the
previous
thirty-four
years.
It
was
highest
in
1869,
when
it
reached
41.
2
per
thou­
sand.
MUSIC.
Oh,
take
tlic
late-
this
brooding
hoar
for
me—
The
golden
lute,
tho
hollow
crying
luto—
Nor
call
mo
oven
with
thino
eyes;
bo
mute,
And
touch
tho
strings;
yea,
touch
them
ten­
derly;
Touch
them
and
dream,
till
all
thine
heart
in
thee
Grow
great
and
passionate
and
sad
and
wild.
Then
on
mo
too
as
on
thine
heart,
O
child.
The
marvelous
light,
tbo
stress
divine
shall
be,
And
I
shall
see,
as
with
enchanted
eyes,
The
unveiled
vision
of
this
world
flame
by,
Battles
and
griefs,
and
storms
and
phan­
tasies,
Tho
gloaming
joy,
the
ovor-seothing
fire,
The
hero's
triumph,
nnd
tho
martyr's
cry.
The
pain,
tho
madness,
tbo
unsoarcbed
de­
sire.
—A.
Lampman,
in
the
Century.
The
Lesson
of
the
Strike,
By
FLAVEL
SCOTT
MINES.
Over
one
hundred
men
were
crowded
into
the
little
assembly
rooms
at
Maw-
haka.
The
air
was
redolent
with
the
fumes
of
tobacco
that
came
from
numer­
ous
pipes,
and
the
hot
close
room
was
filled
with
the
smoke.
At
one
end
was
a
platform,
upon
which
stood
a
dozen
chairs
and
a
tablo,
and
a
scoro
of
hard
benches
scattered
about
completed
the
furniture
of
the
room,
unless
the
tiny
broken
stove
in
one
corner
be
included.
The
company
assembled
there
was
one
of
men—sturdy
fellows,
who
puffed
dog­
gedly,
at
their
black
pipes,
as
though
they
held
some
grievance
against
them.
The
men
of
the
great
iron-mill
at
Maw-
haka
were
dissatisfied.
Trouble
had
been
brewing
for
some
time
between
John
Parsons,
tho
young
mill-owner,
and
tho
operatives,
and
the
friction
increased
daily.
The
original
cause
of
the
trouble
had
been
forgotten,
but
trivial
things
oc­
curring
from
time
to
time
had
served
to
keep
tho
men
inflamed,
and
they
threat­
ened
to
burst
into
open
rebellion.
Mat­
ters
would
have
been
brought
to
a
focus
before,
but
tho
men
were
not
properly
organized,
or
rather
they
bad
no
leader
among
themselves.
On
this
night
dis­
trict
managers
from
neighboring
towns
were
to
address
the
men,
and
bring
them
to
some
sort
of
order;
they
were
ripe
for
revolt.
Half
a
dozen
men
ascended
the
plat­
form
and
took
seats,
while
the
others
stretched
out
on
the
benches.
The
hum
ol
voices
subsided
as
the
foreman
of
tho
mill
arose
and
walked
forward,
and
when
there
was
n
momentary
lull,
he
rapped
fiercely
on
the
table
with
a
stick
\The
meeting
will
please
come
to
order
\
Parliamentary
rule,
like
death,
is
de
void
of
respect,
and
consequently
all
classes
arc
ruled
by
it.
As
the
foreman
spoke
the
noise
subsided,
and
tho
silence
was
broken
only
by
the
shuffle
of
heavy
feet.
\A
chairman
must
be
appointed
for
the
meeting,\
said
the
foreman.
\I
move
that
Mr.
Peters
be
elected
chairman,\
said
the
red-faced
man
on
the
platform.
\I
second
it!\
\Aye!\
\Aye!\
came
from
all
parts
of
the
room.
Mr.
Peters,
the
foreman,
colored
and
bowed.
\Before
I
tako
the
chair,\
he
said,
\I
wish
to
say
a
few
words.
You
know
I'm
with
yer
every
time
[cheers
and
applause],
but
I've
been
requested
by
the
boss
[a
low
hiss]
to
say
a
few
words
to
you
for
him.
'Peters,'
he
says,
says
he,
'I
hear
there's
goin'
to
be
a
meetin'to-night.
Now,'he
says,
'I
want
the
men
to
come
to
an
undcrstandin'.
I
don't
want
no
more
of
this
foolishness—
this
growllu'
that's
been
goin'
on
for
some
months
past.
Tell
'em
to
make
up
their
minds
one
way
or
'nother,
tev
quit
growlia'
an'
go
to
work,
or
else
they
can
quit
work.
There's
no
half-way
busi­
ness.
I'm
dead
tired
of
it,'
says
he,
'an'
I
want
you
to
tell
'em
so.'
Now,
I've
told
you,
and
it
rests
with
you.
You
know
how
I
feel,
an'
I'll
foller
ther
crowd.
Gentlemen,
I'll
introduce
to
you
Mr.
Murphy,who
won
the
lock-out
in
Coverton
a
few
weeks
ago.
\
The
chairman
sat
down,
and
the
man
who
had
before
spoken
rose
to
his
feet,
and
came
forward
rubbing
his
faco
with
a
red
bandanna.
The
cheers
that
greeted
him
told
the
feelings
of
the
men,
for
Mr.
Murphy
was
well
known
as
a
general
\kicker\
against
any
sort
of
authority.
At
the
moment
of
Mr.
Murphy's
in­
troduction
John
Parsons
and
two
inti­
mate
friends
were
laughing
and
smok­
ing
over
their
postprandial
coffee.
Parsons
was
a
young
man
of
about
thirty
years
of
age,
with
a
strongly
marked,
clean-shaven
face
and
a
thin,
firm
mouth.
Of
independent
manner
and
over-bearing
to
his
subordinates,
he
was
much
disliked
by
a
number
of
people;
but
those
who
were
counted
as
his
intimate
friends
loved
him
and
believed
in
him,
and
beyond
them
the
young
man
did
not
care
what
people
thought
of
him.
At
his
father's
death
he
has
come
into
posses­
sion
of
tho
mill,
and
for
three
years
had
managed
it
successfully.
A
bachelor
at
the
time,
he
was
shortly
to
be
married
to
a
girl
of
his
native
town.
Fond
hopes
of
moneyed
alliances
were
blighted
when
this
highly
eligible
parti
announced
his
engagement,
and
many
a
mother
wondered
what
he
saw
in
Rose
Anderson.
She
had
no
money,
it
was
true;
but
John
Parsens
was
not
mercen­
ary,
and
the
long
lino
of
ancestry
on
the
girl's
part
would
have
been
far
more
attractive
to
him
than
Wealth
untold.
It
was
simply
a
love-match,
and
all
indi­
cations
pointed
to
a
happy
marriage.
Parsons
traced
his
lineage
back
to
the
days
of
feudalism,
and
h
e
gloried
in
it.
He
was
a
curious
combination
of
aris­
tocracy
and
democracy,
and
the
senti­
ment
of
\family\
predominated.
Strange
ideas
for
a
nineteenth-century
American
to
hold,
but
they
were
a
part
of
his
life.
\I
hear
that
you
have
had
some
trouble
at
tho
mill,\
remarked
Wake
man,
ono
of
his
companions,
whose
prosperous
mill
did
not
compare
in
size
with
that
of
his
friend.
\Any
truth
in
it?\
Parsons
frowned.
\Yes
he
said,
shortly:
\but
it
cannot
last.
It
has
to
stop,
or
the
mill
is
closed.
\Can
you
afford
to
doso?\
asked
Tom
Foster,
a
young
lawyer,
who
made
up
the
trio.
\I
will
afford
it,\
was
tho
answer.
\Have
you
heard
from
any
of
the
la­
bor
men
on
the
subject?\
volunteered
Wakeman.
Tho
young
owner's
fist
camo
down
on
tho
table
with
a
crash.
\No
sir;
I
do
my
business
with
my
employes
through
no
third,
person.
That
chuckle-headed
IrwhmanMurpby
is
to
address
a
meeting
that
is
t
o
be
held
to-night,
.and
I
havo
sent
the
men
an
ultimatum—to
shut
up
or
stop
work.
I
will
not
be
dictated
to
by
any
third
party;
it's
an
outrage
that
that
mill-owners
stand
it.\
\But
havo
the
men
no
rights?\
ques­
tioned
Wakeman,
.who_
was
notoriously
weak
in
his
management.
\I
do
not
discus's'
their
rights,\
re­
joined
Parsons.
\Tho
question
is
simply
this,
will
they
work
as
I
wish,
or
will
they
not?
They
ge
t
their
money
regular­
ly
,
they
are
paid
for
the
time
they
work;
if
thoy
are
dissatisfied,
let
them
get
out,
and'givejothers
a
chance
to
fill
their
places.
I
know
you
will
laugh
at
me,
but
I
tell
you
that
when
the
lnnd
was
owned
by
the
aristocracy
and
ruled
by
them,
when
class
distinctions
existed,
man
was
hap­
pier
than
he
is
to-day.
It
is
very
beauti­
ful
in
theory,
but
independence
is
a
poor
prnctico
for
everybody.\
\Quite
a
sermon.\
muttered
Foster,
lighting
a
cigar.
Parsons
laughed.
\I
do
not
ineau
to
preach,
but
once
started,
I
am
carried
away
with
tho
subject.
I
havo
often
wondered
where
my
ideas
came
from,
for
my
father
was
a
democrat
in
the
pure
use
of
tho
word.
I
think
that
the
spirit
of
some
old
feudal
ancestor
is
reincar­
nate
ia
me,
for
I
have
<i
certain
sense
of
superiority
that
I
have
no
right
to
by
my
own
merits.
I
don't
mean
the
reincar­
nation
of
the
Buddhists—I
wouldn't
re­
frain
from
kicking
a
miserable
yellow
dog
because
it
might
contain
tho
soul
of
my
mild
old
nurso,
I'd
refrain
simply
out
of
consideration
for
the
dog—but
what
I
do
mean
is
the
reincarnation
of
ancestral
spirit
which
may
have
been
latent
for
generations;
hereditary,
in
other
words.
Let
me
illustrate
by
a
story.
Last
year
while
in
England
I
looked
up
the
branch
of
our
house
which
remained
there
while
an
ancestor
of
mine
emigrated
about
1700.
I
did
not
make
myself
known.
The
family
name
is
the
same,
but
tho
English
branch
holds
a
title,
and
everybody
does
not
know
what
the
family
name
is.
The
immediate
family
was
in
London,
and
I
was
shown
through
by
an
old
house­
keeper.
My
pulses
thrilled
as
I
trod
the
old
ancestral
ballB,
and
I
almost
bewailed
my
fate
at
having
a
younger
brother
for
an
ancestor.
I
tapped
the
armor
with
a
sense
of
pride,
and
listened
to
tbo
old
woman's
stories
with
a
feeling
of
per­
sonal
admiration,
for
the
men
she
spoke
of
were
as
much
mine
as
the
noble
lord
who
lingered
in
Mayfair.
When
w
e
reached
the
portrait
gal­
lery,
I
lingered
before
each
face
with
strange
sensations,
but
thcro
was
one
picture
that
suddenly
attracted
me,
and
as
soon
as
I
saw
i
t
I
seemed
to
remember
the
original.
The
picture
was
that
of
n
beautiful
girl
of
about
eighteen
years
of
age,
and
she
seemed
a
queen
by
the
very
pose
of
her
head.
I
was
so
entranced
that
my
guide
noticed
it,
and
began
this
story—I
give
it
i
n
her
own
words:
She
was
the
daughter
of
old
Sir
Francis,
who
died
about
1740.
H
e
was
a
fierce,
head­
strong
man,
holding
his
people
in
sub­
jection,
and
feared
by
all.
His
only
daughter
inherited
some
of
the
old
man's
strength,
but
she
was
kind
as
she
was
beautiful,
and
an
angel
of
goodness
to
all
her
inferiors
nnd
greatly
loved.
One
evening
in
summer,
however,
while
walking
unattended
through
the
park,
a
rough
soldier
addressed
her.
She
turned
away,
but
the
man
caught
her
in
his
arms
and
tried
to
kiss
her.
At
this
point
I
interrupted
the
narrator,
and
said
that
I
knew
the
story.
I
lcokod
at
the
face
again
and
knew
the
rest.
Her
cousin,
who
was
posssing,
heard
the
screams
and
hastened
to
her
defence,
stabbed
the
man
and
left
him
lying
dead.
'La,
sir,'
said
the
housekeeper,
a3
J
I
finished,
'that's
right;
ye
must
have
heard
the
tale.'
\
\Had
you?\
inquired
Foster,
in­
terestedly.
\No
replied
Parsons,slowly,
\I
had
never
heard
the
circumstances
narrated
before,
but
the
first
words
of
the
house­
keeper
called
up
the
scene
as
iu
a
picture.
It
seemed
as
though
I
had
heard
the
scream,
and
bursting
through
the
bushes
had
seen
the
girl
struggling
in
the
man's
grasp.
It
was
like
a
memory
of
a
long-ago
happening
in
which
I
was
an
actor.
Then
I
saw
the
girl
turn
to
her
rescuer
with
a
smile;
tho
man
before
her
inspired
her
with
no
sense
of
pity,
for
ho
had
attempted
to
bo
her
equal.\
\AhI
I
see,\
laughed
Wakeman,
\and
you
feel
as
she
did;
you
are
prob­
ably
the
reincarnation
of
the
cousin.
Did
you
marry
her?\
For
a
moment
the
young
man's
eyes
grew
angry,
nnd
then
ho
answered,
quietly
enough):
\I
asked
tho
house­
keeper,
and
she
said
that
ho
did.
The
girl
was
tho
old
man's
only
daughter,
and
the
young
man
was
his
heir,
so
they
were
both
ancestors
of
mine.
I
attempt
no
explanations
of
my
part
of
it,
but
toll
you
the
story
as
i
t
happened.
I
do,
how­
ever,
know
how
the
girl
felt,
and
to-day
I
hold
myself
as
far
above
the
lower
classes
as
did
the
old
knight
in
bis
own
time.
Have
I
not
a
right?
Perhaps
not
in
these
later
dayB,
but
I
cannot
destroy
the
feeling.\
„
A
servant
entered
at
that
moment.
\If
you
please,
sir,
Mr.
Peters
would
like
to
see
you.\
\Tell
Peters
t
o
come
in.
My
foreman
at
the
mill,\
ho
exclaimed
to
his
friends.
The
man
walked
sheepishly
into
the
richly
furnished
room.
\Well?\
queried
Parsons.
'
'The
man
are
going
to
strike
at
noon
to-morrow,
sir,
unless
these
conditions
are
agreed
to,\
and
Peters
held
out
a
paper.
The
young
mill
owner
took
tho
docu­
ment,
deliberately
tore
it
in
half,
and
threw
the
pieces
to
one
side.
\At
noon
to-morrow?\
he
asked
quietly.
\Yes
sir.\
\You
may
tell
tho
men,
Peters,
that
thoy
may
declare
their
strike
on
now
if
they
desire,
as
the
mill
will
remain
closed
until
further
orders.
Good­
night.\
The
young
owner
kept
his
word.
For
six
months
the
forges
of
tbo
great
mill
lay
silent,
and
the
furnace
fires
unlit.
The
men
lingered
about
hoping
for
satis­
faction,
but
t
o
each
query,
John
Parsons
replied,
\lam
ray
own
manager,
I
will
open
the
mill
when
I
please,
and
not
be­
fore.\
Winter
was
near
at
hand
and
the
men
were
suffering.
The
district
tried
to
organize
a
general
strike
with
no
suc­
cess,
and
the
spirits
of
the
sufferers
fell
accordingly.
\Will
you
over
open
up
again,
sir?\
timidly
asked
Peters
ono
day.
\When
I
get
ready,\
was
tho
answer
of
the
owner;
\and
when
I
do,no
union
man
will
come
inside
the
door;
the
work­
ers
will
be
under
contract
to
me.
Bu
t
why
do
you
ask?
The
men
are
free
to
!
go
where
they
please;
they
needn't
wait
•on
my
pleasure.
Docs
the
union
not
support
them?\
\They
have
no
funds,
sir,\
Peters
said,
sadly,
turning
away.
And
when
the
men
heard
this
they
cursed
the
young
mill-owner
with
all
the
bitterness
of
hate,
but
when
a
young
man
suggested
force,
nnd
hinted
at
something
else,
there
was
a
deep
sullen
growl—but
it
was
not
favorable
to
the
proposal.
There
were
little
.ones
that
wanted
food
and
raiment;
there
were
wives
that
worked
through
all
the
lull
in
the
storm,
while
the
men
stood
idle
and
their
union
failed
them
for
lack
of
funds.
One
evening
after
dinner
Parsons
strolled
through
the
village
on
his
way
to
visit
his
fiancee.
Ho
had
come
to
the
conclusion
that
ho
had
nearly
won
the
fight,
but
tho
surrender
of
the
strikers
must
be
unconditional
before
he
accepted
it.
The
fault
was
not
his;
he
had
given
warning.
Two
of
his
old
workers
passed
him
by,
and
though
they
looked
nt
him
appealingly,
he
did
not
appear
to
see
them.
There
was
a
circus
in
town,
and
tho
streets
wero
filled
with
wagons
and
people
from
the
country,
mixed
with
that
crowd
that
follows
in
the
wake
of
a
circus.
Parsons
strolled
by
tho
great
tent,
where
the
venders
of
pea-nuts
and
pop-corn
were
shouting
their
ware,
and
then
walked
on
to
the
house
whither
he
was
bound.
Miss
Anderson
was
not
at
home.
\She
went
out
directly
after
dinner,\
said
her
mother,
\and
promised
to
re­
turn
at
once.
She
was
bound
on
an
er­
rand
of
charity,
and
will
surely
bo
back
beforo
the
darkness.\
John
Parsons
sat
o
n
the
piazza
and
smoked
his
cigar
slowly.
Ho
was
at
peace
with
himself,
and
in
a
very
good
humor
with
a
certain
person
in
whom
he
believed
implicitly.
Facts
were
nothing
to
him
if
he
did
not
chooso
to
be
con­
vinced
by
them,but
he
could
bring
him­
self
into
a
belief
in
anything
that
pleased
him.
He
was
thinking
that
the
lesson
of
the
strike
would
be
a
good
one
for
his
men
and
also
for
other
mill
owners.
He
did
not
notice
that
the
minutes
slipped
swiftly
by,
and
that
Miss
Ander­
son
did
not
return.
Suddenly
he
real­
ized
that
it
had
grown
quite
dark,
and,
looking
at
his
watch,
saw
that
nearly
an
hour
had
elapsed
since
his
arrival.
H
e
hurried
into
the
house.
\I
think
that
she
was
going
to
Barton
street,\
said
the
old
lady.
\She
surely
ought
to
have
returned.\
John
started.
He
recalled
the
crowd­
ed
streets,
the
rough
crowds,
and
his
heart
sank.
He
was
madly
in
love
with
her,
but
the
realization
of
tho
fuct
came
at
that
moment.
It
was
quite
durk,
and
a
horrible
chapter
of
possible
happen­
ings
Hashed
through
his
brain.
Ho
thought
of
the
gaunt,
hollow-eyed
men
he
had
refused
that
day
t
o
see,
nnd
>the
idea
of
revenge
suggested
itself.
As
h
e
reached
the
gate
three
figures
approached
and
stopped.
\Good
night,\
he
heard
the
voice
of
Miss
Anderson
say.
\I
am
much
obliged.\
And
as
two
forms
disap­
peared,
the
girl
walked
into
her
lover's
arms.
\Who
were
those
men?\
he
asked,
quickly.
\Friends
John,\
she
answered.
\I
was
coming
home,
being
detained
longer
than
I
thought,
and
was
passing
by
the
headquarters
of
your
strikers—your
strikers,\
she
said
softly,
\when
tw
o
men
came
forward—\
\Scoundrels!\
cried
John
Parsons,
fiercely,
catching
the
girl's
hands
in
a
tight
grasp.
\No
John,
no,\
she
replied,
vehe­
mently.
\Ono
of
them
came
up
and
took
off
his
hat.
'Excusu
me,
miss,'
he
said,'but
there's
a
pretty
tough
crowd
in
the
village
to-night,
an'
Jim
and
me
thought
we'd
better
say
a
s
we'd
see
you
homo,'
and
they
did.
They
acted
as
gentlemen—true
gentlemen—nevor
say­
ing
a
word
until
spoken
to
;
and
they
came
all
the
way
home
with
me
through
that
horrible
crowd.
They
were
so
good
and
kind,
and
wanted
to
knock
a
man
down
who
?tared
at
me.
\
\Did
they
mention
me?\
the
young
man
asked.
\They
said
they
knew
I
was
the
'lady
as
Mr.
Parsons
was
to
marry.'
\
In
one
brief
moment
all
that
he
had
ever
said
against
tho
working-man
came
into
John
Parsons's
mind,
and
i
n
that
time
he
thought
of
the
old
baron
and
tho
men
he
called
his
inferiors.
Liberty
was
equality
in
ono
way,
after
all.
Tho
next
morning
the
whistles
of
John
Parsons's
iron
mill
blew
lustily
at
seven
o'clock,
and
when
he
arrived
there
half
an
hour
later,
he
found
all
the
men
as­
sembled
in
the
court
yard
wondering
what
was
to
come.
The
young
man
mounted
a
box.
\Men
ho
said,
\we
havo
probably
both
been
in
tho
wrong.
I,
at
least,
have,
and
I
will
confess
it.
The
anvils
await
you,
and
tho
forges
are
lit.
Go
to
work.
Let
tho
past
bo
forgotten.
We
will
begin
all
over
again
and
work
together.
To-day
is
Wednesday;
on
Saturday
you
will
receive
one
week's
pay
in
full.
I
know
that
money
is
scarce,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
hav­
ing
acted
as—men.\
And
the
cheers
that
arose
from
those
honest
throats
wero
heartier
than
those
that
greeted
Mr.
Murphy
six
months
ago.
\I
guess
tho
ghost
of
my
old
ancestor
is
laid
effectually
now,\
laughed
Par­
sons
to
himself.
\H
e
couldn't
appre­
ciate
the
era
of
chivalry
and
free
labor.\
—Harper's
Weekly.
Tho
Largest
Telescopes.
The
largest
twelve
refracting
telescopes
are
thoso
of
the
Lick
Observatory,
with
an
aperture
of
thirty-six
inches;
Yale
University,
twenty-eight;
United
States
Naval,
twenty-six;
LeandorMcCormack,
twonty-six;
Princeton,
twenty-three;
Denver,
twenty,
Smithsonian,
twenty;
Dearborn,
18.5;
Carloton
College.
16.2;
Warner,
sixteen;
Washburn,
15.5;
and
Harvard,
fifteen.
The
largest
reflecting
telescopes
are
those
of
Harvard
College,
twenty-eight
inches,
and
the
Rev.
Dr.
John
Peate,
twenty-two.
Dr.
Peate,
who
is
an
amateur
maker,
is
now
finish­
ing
a
thirty-and-one-half
inch
silver-on-
glass
mirror,
which
will
be
presented
to
the
Allegheny
Collego
at
Meadville.
When
mounted
it
will
be
the
largest
re­
flecting
telescope
in
this
country.
There
are
numerous
reflectors
made
by
Brashear
from
nine
to
twelve
inches
in
diameter.
The
Clarks
are
now
grinding
an
object
glass
of
forty
inches
for
a
telescope
to
be
mounted
in
an
observatory
yet
t
o
bo
built
upon
Mount
Wilson,
in
Southern
California.
Though
the
Lick
Observatory
possesses
the
largest
telescope
at
present,
Harvard
College
has
the
best
equipped
observatory
for
general
astronomical
work
in
America,
and
one
of
the
best
in
the
world.—
New
Orleans
Timet-Dem-
'.crat.
•
INSECT
WAX.
A
CURIOUS
ARTICtiB
OP
CHINESE
COMMERCE.
Tt
is
Made
Not
by
Bees,
but
by
Bass
Which.
Live
on
the
Boughs
ol
Trees—How
the
Wax
is
Gathered.
•*The
most
interesting
article
of
all
the
many
curious
things
which
enter
into
the
trade
of
China
is
'insect
wax,'
\
writes
Minister
Denby
from
Peking
to
the
De­
partment
of
State.
\This
product,
some­
times
known
as
'whitewax,'
is
obtained
in
western
China,
not
far
from
the
fron­
tier
of
Thibet.
It
is
gathered
from
n
tree
called
by
the
natives
the
'crackling
flea
tree,'
from
tho
popping
of
its
branches
when
burned.
The
tree
is
an
evergreen
and
iu
tho
spring
it
bears
clus­
ters
of
white
flowers,
which
are
succeeded
by
fruit
of
a
dark
purple
color.
Botanists
have
classified
it
us
'ligustrum
lucidum.'
Early
in
May
numerous
brown,
pea-
shaped
scales
appear
on
the
bark
of
the
boughs
nnd
twigs.
These
upou
being
opened,
are
found
to
contain
a
mass
of
small
animals,
resembling
flour
in
ap­
pearance,
whoso
movements
are
almost
imperceptible.
The
animals
are
tho
larva:
of
tbo
whito
wax
insect
which
owns
the
scientific
name
of
'coccus
pe-
la.'
People
gather
tho
scales
and
carry
them
to
the
prefecture
of
Chia-ting,
which
is
the
center
of
this
industry.
For
the
journey
they
aro
wrapped
in
pack­
ages
containing
about
sixteen
ounces
each.
The
utmost
care
is
taken
to
pro­
tect
them
from
heat
in
order
that
the
larva?
may
not
develop
prematurely.
\The
city
of
Chia-ting
stands
in
tho
midst
of
a
plain
which
is
an
immense
rice
field.
The
plats
of
ground
into
which
this
vast
field
is
divided
for
pur­
poses
of
cultivation
aro
edged
with
stumps
from
four
to
twelve
feet
in
height,
bearing
numerous
sprouts
upon
their
tall
heads.
These
stumps
resemble
at
u
distance
pollard
willows.
The
trees,
however,
are
a
species
of
ash,
and
are
called
by
the
Chinese
'white
wax
trees.'
Beneath
their
branches
the
whito
wax
scales
are
suspended
in
small
packages
wrapped
in
leaves,about
twenty
or
thirty
scales
in
each
package.
Holes
are
punched
in
the
leafy
wrappings,
and
the
insects
on
emerging
from
the
scales
creep
up
the
boughs
to
the
leaves
of
the
troe3,
among
which
they
remain
for
two
weeks.
At
the
end
of
that
time
they
crawl
back
to
the
twigs
and
branches,
on
which
tho
females
deposit
their
eggs
and
the
inalc3
excrete
the
substance
known
as
white
wax.
\The
first
appearance
of
the
wax
on
the
under
sides
of
the
boughs
nnd
twigs
resembles
snow,
and
it
gradually
spreads
over
the
whole
of
the
brauches
to
tho
depth
of
a
quarter
of
an
inch.
At
the
expiration
of
100
days
from
the
placing
of
the
insects
on
the
trees
the
deposit
is
complete.
Th
e
branches
are
then
cut
Dff.
A
s
much
of
the
wax
as
possible
is
removed
by
bund,
but
to
secure,
what
remains
the
brauches
are
afterward
aoiled.
This
boiling
destroys
tue
eggs,
thus
making
necessary
the
bringing
of
fresh
scales
the
following
ycir
from
auother
locality,
as
above
describe!.
A
A.
pound
of
scales,
it
is
said,
will
produce
four
or
five
pounds
of
wax.\
\The
wax
scraped
off
is
put
into
boiling
water,
where
it
melts,
and
rising
to
the
surface,
is
skimmed
off
and
put
into
molds.
Here
it
solidifies
and
the
nanufacture
is
complete.
The
insects,
which
have
sunk
to
the
bottom
of
the
pot,
are
pressed
out,
and
when
the
wax
aas
ail
been
extracted
from
them,
are
fed
to
the
pig3.
A
ton
of
tho
wax
is
worth
y.
Shanghai
about
$1000.
\A
tree
from
which
the
branches
have
been
removed
is
not
available
again
for
productive
purposes
until
the
,hird
year
following.
If
the
wax
is
left
on
the
tree
the
male
insects
buried
under
it
undergo
a
metamorphosis,
emerging
with
wiugs
in
the
autumn
and
flying
away.
\This
white
wax
is
a
substance
of
great
utility
in
China.
It
melts
only
at
a
very
high
temperature,
160
degrees
Fahrenheit,
and
is
chiefly
employed
to
cover
cancdls
made
of
animal
and
vege­
table
tallow
to
prevent
them
from
burning
too
rapidly.
It
is
used
in
somo
localities
as
a
sizing
for
paper
and
cot­
ton
goods,
a
glaze
for
silk
and
polish
for
furniture.
Also
it
is
utilized
in
southern
China
as
a
polish
for
stone
ornaments.
Immense
quantities
of
it
are
shipped
from
the
ports
of
the
upper
Yaug-tso
in
junks.
\The
introduction
of
foreign
kero­
sene,
no
w
so
universally
used
iu
China,
has
had
a
discouraging
influence
on
the
production
of
'insect
wax.'
Mineral
oil
in
lamps
affords
a
cheaper
light
than
tallow
candles.
It
is
possible,
however,
that
a
use
for
the
product
may
be
found
in
other
countries.\
Explanations
of
Foreign
Weights.
The
rate3
of
exchange
nnd
price
of
geld
here
arc
to
be
taken
into
account
ra
forming
a
comparison
between
foreign
mnrkets
and
our
own:
English—In
round
numbers,
count
for
a
pound
sterling
rnnrked
thus
(£),
$4.84;
for
a
shilling,
marked
thus
(s.),
twenty-
four
cents;
for
apenny,markedthus
(d.),
two
cents.
Continent
of
Europe—A
franc,
com­
posed
of
10
0
centimes,
marked
thus
(f.),
is
nineteen
cents;
five
centimes
are
equal
to
one
cent.
In
France
a
kilo
is
about
1
1-5
pounds.
In
Austria
a
florin,
equal
to
sixty
kreutzers,
is
worth
forty-
eight
cunts.
The
Germau
florin
is
forty
cents.
In
Prussia
a
thaler,cqual
to
eighty
silver
groschen,
is
worth
sevonty-one
cents.
In
Hamburg
a
marco
bank,
equal
to
sixteen
schillings,
is
worth
thirty-six
cents.
In
Holland
a
guilder
or
florin,
equal
to
100
Dutch
cents,
is
worth
forty-one
cents.
A
Holland
centner
is
equal
to
about
109
pounds,
a
Prussian
centner
to
103
pounds.—
New
Tort:
Advertiser.
Texas'
\Boiled\
Bnzzard.
Among
the
distinguished
visitors
at
Belton,
Texas,
tho
other
day
was
the
famous
\belled\
buzzard,
which,
thir­
teen
years
ngo,
was
captured
at
McGregor,
Texas,
and
turned
loose
again
with
a
small
bell
attached
to
his
neck.
Your
correspondent
saw
the
bird
for
the
first
time
on
its
first
visit
to
Bel-
ton.
Since
his
first
capture
ho
has
crossed
the
continent
several
times,
hav­
ing
been
seen
in
many
places
from
tho
Atlantic
to
tho
Pacific.
The
bell
is
of
a
small
size,
somewhat
smaller
than
the
bells
used
on
calves
hero
when
they
aro
turned
loose
for
grazing
on
the
prairies.
As
the
buzzard
flaps
his
wings
tho
bell
jingles
and
he
can
be
plainly
heard
when
he
is
soaring
at
a
considerable
distance
in
the
air;—
St,
Louis
Republic.
f
CuAons
Rain
Showers.
We
find
I
frequent
mention,
in
old
writings,
of/blood
rain,
which
was
sup­
posed
to
fail
only
at
raro
intervals,
and
to
portend]
some
dire
calamity.
This
is
no
other
than
red
rain,
which,
with
red
snow,
is
A
perfectly
natural,
as
contra­
distinguished
from
a
supernatural,
phe­
nomenon,
and
is
caused
by
various
sub­
stances—plants,
animalcules,
and
min­
erals—infinitely
small,
which,
gathered
into
tho
air
by
tho
wind,
mingle
with
the
rain
globules
in
such
untold
quantities,
us
to
completely
hide
tho
original
color
Somo
years
ago
there
fell
a
shower
ol
red
rain
at
Bristol,
which,
on
examina­
tion,
was
found
to
derive
its
color
from
the
seeds
of
ivy
berries
which
fell
with
it.
Pollen
showers,
vulgarly
called
yel­
low
or
sulphur
rains,
are
comparatively
common;
somo
are
the
pollen
of
thc-
Scotch
fir;
nnd
one
extraordinary
fall
ot
this
kind
of
rain,
whii.h
took
place
dur­
ing
the
night,
was
phosphorescent,
and
greatly
alarmed
the
beholders.
Ono
af­
ternoon,
wo
aro
told
by
Dr.
Thomson,
in
his
\Introduction
to
Meteorology,''
the
wooded
part
of
Morayshire
appeared
to
smoke,
and
for
a
time
fears
were
en-
tertaiued
that
tho
fir
plantations
were
on
fire.
A
smart
breeze
suddenly
got
un
from
the
north,
and
above
the
woods
there
appeared
to
rise
about
fifty
col­
umns
of
something
resembling
smoke,
which
wreathed
about
like
waterspuuts.
The
atmosphere
now
calmed,
and
the
mystery
was
solved;
for
what
seemed
smoke
was,
in
reality,
the
pollen
of
the
woods.
Readers
of
the
\Origin
of
Spe­
cies\
will
readily
understand
tho
im­
portance
of
this
distribution
of
pollen
in
the
fertilization
of
the
fir
trees.
Show­
ers
of
\manna
like
that,
presumably,
which
saved
the
children
of
fsrael
in
the
wilderness,
aro
frequent,
and
consist
of
an
esculent
lichon,
which,
in
times
of
famine,
has
done
good
service
in
the
preservation
of
a
whole
people.
In
1815,
a
lake
in
the
south
of
France
suddenly
became
a
patchwork
of
red,
violet,
and
grass-greeu,
which,
on
examination
by
Klarpoth,
was
found
to
have
been
caused
by
myriads
of
various
colored
animal­
cules.
Black
rain
is
another
curious
phenome­
non
which
has
not
yet
been
properly
and
adequately
explained.
There
fell,
on
the
23a
of
November,
1819,
a
rcmark-
ablo
black
shower
at
Montreal,
accom­
panied
by
appalling
thunder.
The
fall
had
been
preceded
by
dark
and
gloomy
weather
over
the
whole
of
the
States
and
Canada,
and,
whon
Montreal
itself
wai
visited,
the
whole
city
became
dark;
the
atmosphere
appeared
as
if
covered
with
a
thick
haze
of
a
dingy
orange
color,
and
the
rain
which
fell
had
a
thick
nnd
dark
inky
appearance,
and
secmeJ
to
be
impregnated
with
some
black
substance
resembling
soot.—
All
the
Year
Rtund.
The
Indians
as
Soldiers.
Fifty-four
Indians,
in
commuad
of
Lieutenant
McDonald,
marched
down
through
Main
3treet
a
few
days
ago
on
their
way
to
the
post,
where
they
will
be
stationed
in
the
future.
Each
one
had
his
cape
thrown
back
with
tho
militnry
precision,
showing
the
yellow
lining.
At
present
they
are
not
mounted,
but
the
horses
to
be
secured
under
the
lately
awarded
contract
are
for
them.
Lieu-
tcnaut
M:Donald
s:iid,
concerning
his
troop.
\We
have
had
fair
success
in
en­
listing
the
Indians,
and
my
troop
is
uow
full.
I
do
not
know
how
many
Indians
there
are
now
in
tho
service,
but
am
pretty
certain
that
tho
cavalry
troops
to
be
mudo
up
from
them
arc
filled.
In
en­
listing
infantry
I
understand
that
a
great
doal
of
difficulty
has
been
experienced,
us
the
Indians
do
not
care
to
be
what
they
call
'walk
soldiers.'
I
find
from
my
experience
with
the
Indians
that
they
mako
excellent
soldiers.
They
tako
much
more
pride
in
their
work
than
tho
white
recruits.
They
do
not
learn
to
drill
as
quickly
as
the
white
soldier,
but
when
they
get
so
they
can
go
through
tho
tactics
they
do
it
much
bettor.
They
are
Bplendid
horsemen.
Then
they
show
greater
respect
for
their
officers
than
the
white
soldiers
do,
are
much
easier
to
handle
and
keep
better
discipline.
I
am
in
favor
of
further
enlistments
from
among
the
Indians
for
the
regular
service.
\The
greatest
advantage
obtained
by
making
a
6oldier
of
an
Indian
is
that
it
seems
to
civilize
him.
When
these
men
were
enlisted
they
were
as
dirty
as
tht
dirtiest
Indians.
Their
hair
was
tangled
and
gnarled
and
hung
to
their
shoulders,
and
thoy
had
all
the
appearance
of
the
Bavago.
Seven
of
the
men
in
my
troop
were
arrayed
against
the
whites
in
the
battle
of
Wounded
Knee
last
winter
and
three
of
them
wero
wounded
thero.
Now
money
could
not
hire
them
to
resist
the
whites.
They
are
as
loyal
as
can
be.
Wo
give
all
the
commands
in
English
and
require
the
men
to
ask
for
articles
they
want
in
the
mess
rooms
in
English.
In
that
way
we
are
teaching
them
tho
English
language.
Then
we
have
an
in-
terpcter
with
us,
an
Indian
who
has
been
through
Carlisle,
who
instructs
them.
You
would
be
surprisod
to
know
the
im­
provement
my
men
have
mado
since
they
were
onlisted.
Yes,
I
think
that
the
army
will
do
more
to
civilize
tho
Indiaus
than
any
other
agency,
and
that
it
will
prove
advantageous
to
tho
army,
especially
in
the
West.\—
Slurgis
(jSuuth
Dakota)
Weekly
Record.
A
.Medical
Exploring
Station.
Tho
New
York
Melical
Record
has
sent
Dr.
Edmund
C.
Wendt
to
Europe
to
investigate
the
sanitary
and
climatic
conditions
of
the
principal
cities
of
Southern
France
and
of
the
Italian
Riviera,
as
well
as
of
Naples,
Florence
and
Rome,
to
determine
whether
that
part
of
tho
country
is
really
so
beneficial
to
the
vast
army
of
patients
whom
phy­
sicians
annually
send
to
winter
there,
as
is
commonly
imagined.
Dr.
Wendt
says
that
many
patients
who
ut
considerable
expense
havo
spent
winters
in
these
Southern
cities,
have
expressed
doubt
as
to
any
benefit
that
they
huve
derived,
and
his
mission
is
to
determine
whether
these
doubts
are
well
founded.
He
will
spend
the
whole
winter
in
his
investiga­
tions.—
Nets
Orleans
Picayune.
A
Cricket's
Substittio
for
the
Uoarth.
Ono
of
the
curiosities
cf
the
Anderson
Hotel
is
the
cricket
that
chirps
in
the
clcvatsr.
During
tho
flood
last
winter
the
little
fellow
was
washed
out
of
bi3
homo,
but
turned
up
after
several
days
iu
another
part
of
tho
house.
Then
he
slowly
moved
his
house
from
point
to
point
until
he
reached
his
old
home
in
tho
elovator.
Ho
has
been
there
now
for
several
months,
and
evidently
was
glad
to
get
back,
as
his
song
has
been
sharper
and
merrier
ever
since.
The
little
fellow
is
well
fed,
but
nobody
in
the
houso
has
seen
him.
His
music
is
tho
only
thing
tHat
reve&b
his
presence.—
Pittsburg
Dispaleh.
CURIOUS
FACTS.
Brazil
is
a
country
of
extraordinary
for
tility.
Two
pounds
of
beef
aro
consumed
to
one
of
mutton
in
England.
The'waters
of
theJGrand
Falls
of
Labrai
dor
havo
excavated
a
chasm
thirty
miles
long.
People
in
Japan
are
called
by
tho
family
name
next
and
the
honorfic—thus,
\Smith
Peter
Mr.\
A
man
in
Concord,
Mich.,
makes
a
living
by
raising
English
sparrows
and
selling
their
heads
for
tho
bounty.
An
industrious
hivo
of
Andrew
County.
Missouri,
bees
lately
made
a
record
ol
twelve
pounds
of
honey
in
twelve
hours.
John
Stowe
of
Birmingham,
Conn.,
recently
ejected
a
live
frog,
which
he
declares
he
swallowed
tw
o
years
pre­
viously.
The
longest
railroad
bridge
span
is
the
United
States
is
the
cantilever
span
in
the
Poughkee
pisio
(N.
Y.)
bridge
over
the
Hudson—548
feet.
Melons
were
first
called
canteloupes
from
being
cultivated
at
Canteluppi,
a
village
near
Rome,
where
they
had
been
introduced
from
Armenia
by
mission­
aries.
The
earliest
inhabitants
of
Greece
weri
probably
the
Pelasgi,
an
Aryan
natior
who
came
from
the
high
table-land
ol
Asia,
passed
around
the
Caspian
Sea
into
Europe,
and
settled
in
Greece
and
Italy.
Western
Washington
loggers
tell
of
an
immense
log,
recently
floated
down
tht
Snoqualmio
Rivor,
which
five
oxen
had
difficulty
in
hauling.
It
was
a
fire
log
thirty-two
feet
in
length
and
eighty-nine
inches
in
diamctor
at
the
largest
end.
Mile.
Louise
do
Beaulin,
who
speni
her
fortune
($4000)
iu
procuring
com­
forts
for
wounded
soldiers
aud
gave
hei
own
services
on
the
field
in
the
Franco
Prussian
war,
has
boon
officially
author­
ized
to
sell
matchc3
on
the
streets
oi
Paris.
Twelve
thousand
silk
worms
when
nowly
hatched
scarcely
weigh
one-quar­
ter
of
an
ounce,
yet
in
tho
course
ot
their
life,
which
lusts
only
about
thirty-
five
days,
they
will
consume
between
three
hundred
and
four
hundred
pounds
of
leaves.
A
Gardiner
(JIc.)
pastor
collected
140t
:
copper
cents
during
his
itinerancy,
and
[paid
them
over
to
a
merchant
in
thai
city
the
other
day.
But
the
merchant
got
nearly
even
with
the
good
man
by
handing
him
back
1000
of
them
iu
tho
shape
of
a
wedding
fee.
A
Newberry
(Slich.)
mnn
named
Bol­
ton
nearly
cut
a
tree
dowu
and
was
ad­
vised
to
finish
the
job,
but
put
it
off.
A
few
days
after
his
wife
was
digging
po­
tatoes
in
the
field
and
stopped
under
the
tree
to
tie
her
shoe
when
the
old
birch,
without
a
warning,
fell,
killing
her
iu
stautly.
There
are
naturalists
in
this
day
anu
age
who
believe
that
horso
hairs
wil'.
turn
to
living
snakes;
that
toads
will
live
for
thousands
of
years
in
the
cavity
of
a
rock
without
food
or
water,
that
the
barnacle
goose
was
developed
from
the
shell
fish
of
that
name,
and
that
the
bird
called
Sora
is
a
species
of
the
winged
frog.
The
City
of
London
is
put
down
by
geographers
as
tho
centro
of
the
landed
hemisphere.
In
other
words,
a
radius
of
about
6000
miles
on
the
curved
surface
of
the
earth,
with
London
a3
a
centre,
would
describe
a
circumference
enclosing
more
land
than
any
6000-mile
circle
that
could
be
drawn
from
any
other
city
in
the
world.
Down
to
the
timo
of
Homer,
who
flourished
907
B.
C,
as
little
was
known
of
the
surface
of
tho
earth
as
is
now
known
of
the
interior.
Greece
was
then
regarded
as
the
centre
of
the
earth,
which
was
surrounded
at
the
distance
of
500
miles
by
the
ocean
river.
Liter
the
land
was
extended
farther
and
a
limited
form
given
to
the
old
Coutinent,
A
Unique
Spot
is
Lopez
Island.
A
unique
spot
is
Lopez
Island
in
the
San
Juan
Archipelago
of
Puget
Sound.
The
inhabitants
for
tho
most
part
are
old
frontiersmen
who
have
been
con­
tinually
moving
west
until
they
could
go
no
further,
and,
strange
to
say,
thoy
are
satisfied
with
their
environment.
Eat
when
wo
como
to
describe
Lopez
Island,
it
is
not
strange.
Tho
climate
is
akin
to
perfection
for
those
who
cannot
bear
extremes
of
heat
and
cold.
In
the
autumn
thero
is
a
hint
of
frost
in
the
air,
but
the
winter
is
never
rigorous,
and,
owing
to
the
warmth
of
the
cir­
cumambient
waters,
snow
is
unknown.
Summer
heats
are
tempered
by
breezes
blowing
over
the
wide
Pacific.
Little
bays
iu
which
tho
white
sand
runs
up
to
groves
of
fir
indent
tho
coast
line,
and
every
islander
has
his
bit
of
water
front
and
his
boat
for
fishing
and
pleasure
voyaging.
Game
is
so
abundant
that
the
larder
need
never
bo
ompty,
and
deer
would
bo
as
thick
as
rabbits
if
the
rifle's
report
was
not
heard
daily.
In
fact,
tho
inhabitants
when
they
put
venison
on
tho
table
apologizo
to
visitors.
Quail
sound
their
notes
in
every
clearing.
Ducks,
waterfowl,
and
wild
pigeons
are
also
plentiful.
Seven
kinds
of
tooth­
some
lisb
swim
round
the
sea-girt
island,
and
clams
are
accessible
to
the
laziest
of
men.
And
this
suggests
tho
state­
ment
that
Lopez
islander*
just
tickle
their
ground
enough
to
supply
them­
selves
with
food
and
a
little
money
for
raiment.
Sheep
pa3turo
everywhere,
their
owners
never
quarrelliug
about
metes
and
bounds.
Tho
island
contains
twenty-nine
sections
of
land.
To
a
brain-
weary
New
Yorker
perhaps
its
crowning
glory
would
be
that
no
steamer
puts
in
with
tourist
or
pleasure-seeker,
and
that
three-fourths
of
tho
people
of
Port
To«n-
scod
and
Anncortcs,
the
nearest
towns,
arc
ignorant
of
tho
existence
of
Lopez
Island.
As
a
type
of
settlor
there
is
the
old
lady
who
lying,
it
seemed,
nt
the
point
of
death,
defiantly
said:
\I
don't
want
no
doctors
nor
preachers
botherin'
round
here;
an'
don't
you
send
for
'em.\
She
go
t
well.—
New
York
Poit.
The
Babls
or
Persia.
The
Babis
of
Persia,
whom
the
Shah
has
determined
to
exterminate,
and
somo
of
whom
have
recently
been
strangled
at
Yezd,
nre
an
heretical
sect
of
Moham­
medans
and
are
not
very
numerous
in
Persia,
but
aro
greatly
disliked
by
tho
orthodox
and
havo
always
been
sub­
jected
to
persecution.
Thoy
aro
follow­
ers
of
Mirza
Ali
Mohammed,
who
about
half
a
century
ago
proclaimed
himsell
the
Bab-ed-Din
or
\Gate
of
tho
Faith,\
and
who
was
executed
in
1850,
after
he
had
excited
a
rebellion
against
tho
Shah.
Besides
their
heterodoxy
in
roligion
the
Babis
advocate
the
doctrine
of
com­
munity
of
property.—
Chicago
N*»*.
J:
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, Tho exodus to. the United States is making itself felt in the cities of Can­ ada. In Toronto, for example,thero are *aid to be 5000 residences vacant. The London Spectator has recently shown that in England the tendency of population to the cities Li irresistible, lhat the young men and women are de- terting the agricultural regions, and that farmers are unable to got the laborers tecded for cultivating the soil. There is no w i n China a comprehen- llve system of telegraph lines running to »11 parts of tho country. ' The Governors Df the provinces keep watch over the lines, and take care that they arc main­ tained in working order. The Pckin Government is now preparing to estab­ lish a railroad system not less comprehen- live, with main and branch lines extend­ ing over the empire from its northern boundary to the seaboard. Ship loads ot fails have arrived at Shanghai within the past few months, and it is reported that the work of laying them will be begun tarly next year. The Manufacturer)' Record, of Balti­ more, in reviewing the industrial pro­ gress of the South, says: \Many leading bankers and capitalists have lately been visiting various parts of the South, and their reports are uniformly favorable Is to the splendid prospects of this favored section. Financial troubles throughout the world have, of course, bad a natural effect in restricting new developments to some extent, and the lolly of Southern farmers in raising too much cotton during tho last two years oas caused very low prices, which have bad some retarding influence upon all business matters in this section; but des­ pite these temporary drawbacks the South is forging ahead solidly, and is steadily attracting increased attention to its vast natural resources and advantages which insure its abundant prosperity in the near future. The wonderful record of the last ten years will undoubtedly be Car surpassed by the coming ten.\ A great part of the work of draining the Florida swamps west of Kissimmee, which the Disston Syndicate of Philadel­ phia has undertaken, is done, announces the New York J'ost, and the improve­ ment of the land is almost inestimable Tracts that a few yeuis ago were four and seven feet under water have produced heavy crops during the past season. In the midst of the Everglades are five lakes connected by narrow and tortuous rivers, and canals are being cut from lake to lake, and the rivers are being straight­ ened. Th e object of this branch of the work is t o make the Everglades naviga­ ble, and provide a market route for the fcpm products of the countiy. Already a current of three miles an hour flows through the waters thus set in motion. It is proposed to drain 8,000,000 acres in all,and the summer tourist will be one of the gainers by tho enterprise. When the work began, the little town of Kis­ simmee was nothing but a cypress Swamp. Now it has a big hotel, a brick court-house, many handsome residences, «nd n busy population of 1500. \If any agriculturist, political ccono> omist, statesman or philanthropist can solve the problem how to prevent dogs from attacking, mutilating and killing theep, he will enable the farmers of this country to double tho sheep industry at n profit, especially in tho older States,\ declares the Boston Cultivator. \In this connection a correspondent informs us that a sheep breeder near Rochester, N. Y., recently bought a thoroughbred ram at a cost of $500, which was killed by a worthless cur. The town authori­ ties awarded the farmer $6 as damages. Tho following statement appears in the Ohio Secretary's report for 1889 of the agriculture in that State: Number of Bheep killed by dogs in Ohio in 1889, 32,080, valued at $103,531, number in­ jured by dogs, 23,152; damage, $48, - 503. These figures do not represent a quarter of tho loss, because the remain­ ing members of the flock after the maim­ ing and killing by worthless curs are so thoroughly frightened as t o be unprofit­ able ever afterward. We know hun­ dreds of farmers who would embark in sheep husbandry in New England if the dog nuisance could be controlled o; avoided.\ Pauperism appears to be decreasing steadily in England and Wales. From a Parliamentary paper just issued, it ap­ pears that the number of persons in re­ ceipt of relief in thoso counties in the last week of August, 1891, was 638,976, which, notwithstanding the increase ot population, was smaller than in any col- responding month during tho previous thirty-four years. Tho proportion which the paupers bore to tho population was twenty-two to tho thousand as compared with 45.2 in 18G3, when the proportion was highest. In nino out of tho four­ teen years, from 1857 to 1870, it was more than forty to the thousand. The figures relating to the metropolis are not eo good, but still indicate a substantial decrease. In tho fourth week of Au­ gust, 1891, there were 85,887 persons relieved in London, which was a smaller number than in each week of the month in the preceding five years. The pro­ portion of pauperism to population in the metropolis was 29.3 to the thousand in 1891, as against 33.8 in 1857, and was smaller than in any of the previous thirty-four years. It was highest in 1869, when it reached 41. 2 per thou­ sand. MUSIC. Oh, take tlic late- this brooding hoar for me— The golden lute, tho hollow crying luto— Nor call mo oven with thino eyes; bo mute, And touch tho strings; yea, touch them ten­ derly; Touch them and dream, till all thine heart in thee Grow great and passionate and sad and wild. Then on mo too as on thine heart, O child. The marvelous light, tbo stress divine shall be, And I shall see, as with enchanted eyes, The unveiled vision of this world flame by, Battles and griefs, and storms and phan­ tasies, Tho gloaming joy, the ovor-seothing fire, The hero's triumph, nnd tho martyr's cry. The pain, tho madness, tbo unsoarcbed de­ sire. —A. Lampman, in the Century. The Lesson of the Strike, By FLAVEL SCOTT MINES. Over one hundred men were crowded into the little assembly rooms at Maw- haka. The air was redolent with the fumes of tobacco that came from numer­ ous pipes, and the hot close room was filled with the smoke. At one end was a platform, upon which stood a dozen chairs and a tablo, and a scoro of hard benches scattered about completed the furniture of the room, unless the tiny broken stove in one corner be included. The company assembled there was one of men—sturdy fellows, who puffed dog­ gedly, at their black pipes, as though they held some grievance against them. The men of the great iron-mill at Maw- haka were dissatisfied. Trouble had been brewing for some time between John Parsons, tho young mill-owner, and tho operatives, and the friction increased daily. The original cause of the trouble had been forgotten, but trivial things oc­ curring from time to time had served to keep tho men inflamed, and they threat­ ened to burst into open rebellion. Mat­ ters would have been brought to a focus before, but tho men were not properly organized, or rather they bad no leader among themselves. On this night dis­ trict managers from neighboring towns were to address the men, and bring them to some sort of order; they were ripe for revolt. Half a dozen men ascended the plat­ form and took seats, while the others stretched out on the benches. The hum ol voices subsided as the foreman of tho mill arose and walked forward, and when there was n momentary lull, he rapped fiercely on the table with a stick \The meeting will please come to order \ Parliamentary rule, like death, is de void of respect, and consequently all classes arc ruled by it. As the foreman spoke the noise subsided, and tho silence was broken only by the shuffle of heavy feet. \A chairman must be appointed for the meeting,\ said the foreman. \I move that Mr. Peters be elected chairman,\ said the red-faced man on the platform. \I second it!\ \Aye!\ \Aye!\ came from all parts of the room. Mr. Peters, the foreman, colored and bowed. \Before I tako the chair,\ he said, \I wish to say a few words. You know I'm with yer every time [cheers and applause], but I've been requested by the boss [a low hiss] to say a few words to you for him. 'Peters,' he says, says he, 'I hear there's goin' to be a meetin'to-night. Now,'he says, 'I want the men to come to an undcrstandin'. I don't want no more of this foolishness— this growllu' that's been goin' on for some months past. Tell 'em to make up their minds one way or 'nother, tev quit growlia' an' go to work, or else they can quit work. There's no half-way busi­ ness. I'm dead tired of it,' says he, 'an' I want you to tell 'em so.' Now, I've told you, and it rests with you. You know how I feel, an' I'll foller ther crowd. Gentlemen, I'll introduce to you Mr. Murphy,who won the lock-out in Coverton a few weeks ago. \ The chairman sat down, and the man who had before spoken rose to his feet, and came forward rubbing his faco with a red bandanna. The cheers that greeted him told the feelings of the men, for Mr. Murphy was well known as a general \kicker\ against any sort of authority. At the moment of Mr. Murphy's in­ troduction John Parsons and two inti­ mate friends were laughing and smok­ ing over their postprandial coffee. Parsons was a young man of about thirty years of age, with a strongly marked, clean-shaven face and a thin, firm mouth. Of independent manner and over-bearing to his subordinates, he was much disliked by a number of people; but those who were counted as his intimate friends loved him and believed in him, and beyond them the young man did not care what people thought of him. At his father's death he has come into posses­ sion of tho mill, and for three years had managed it successfully. A bachelor at the time, he was shortly to be married to a girl of his native town. Fond hopes of moneyed alliances were blighted when this highly eligible parti announced his engagement, and many a mother wondered what he saw in Rose Anderson. She had no money, it was true; but John Parsens was not mercen­ ary, and the long lino of ancestry on the girl's part would have been far more attractive to him than Wealth untold. It was simply a love-match, and all indi­ cations pointed to a happy marriage. Parsons traced his lineage back to the days of feudalism, and h e gloried in it. He was a curious combination of aris­ tocracy and democracy, and the senti­ ment of \family\ predominated. Strange ideas for a nineteenth-century American to hold, but they were a part of his life. \I hear that you have had some trouble at tho mill,\ remarked Wake man, ono of his companions, whose prosperous mill did not compare in size with that of his friend. \Any truth in it?\ Parsons frowned. \Yes he said, shortly: \but it cannot last. It has to stop, or the mill is closed. \Can you afford to doso?\ asked Tom Foster, a young lawyer, who made up the trio. \I will afford it,\ was tho answer. \Have you heard from any of the la­ bor men on the subject?\ volunteered Wakeman. Tho young owner's fist camo down on tho table with a crash. \No sir; I do my business with my employes through no third, person. That chuckle-headed IrwhmanMurpby is to address a meeting that is t o be held to-night, .and I havo sent the men an ultimatum—to shut up or stop work. I will not be dictated to by any third party; it's an outrage that that mill-owners stand it.\ \But havo the men no rights?\ ques­ tioned Wakeman, .who_ was notoriously weak in his management. \I do not discus's' their rights,\ re­ joined Parsons. \Tho question is simply this, will they work as I wish, or will they not? They ge t their money regular­ ly , they are paid for the time they work; if thoy are dissatisfied, let them get out, and'givejothers a chance to fill their places. I know you will laugh at me, but I tell you that when the lnnd was owned by the aristocracy and ruled by them, when class distinctions existed, man was hap­ pier than he is to-day. It is very beauti­ ful in theory, but independence is a poor prnctico for everybody.\ \Quite a sermon.\ muttered Foster, lighting a cigar. Parsons laughed. \I do not ineau to preach, but once started, I am carried away with tho subject. I havo often wondered where my ideas came from, for my father was a democrat in the pure use of tho word. I think that the spirit of some old feudal ancestor is reincar­ nate ia me, for I have <i certain sense of superiority that I have no right to by my own merits. I don't mean the reincar­ nation of the Buddhists—I wouldn't re­ frain from kicking a miserable yellow dog because it might contain tho soul of my mild old nurso, I'd refrain simply out of consideration for the dog—but what I do mean is the reincarnation of ancestral spirit which may have been latent for generations; hereditary, in other words. Let me illustrate by a story. Last year while in England I looked up the branch of our house which remained there while an ancestor of mine emigrated about 1700. I did not make myself known. The family name is the same, but tho English branch holds a title, and everybody does not know what the family name is. The immediate family was in London, and I was shown through by an old house­ keeper. My pulses thrilled as I trod the old ancestral ballB, and I almost bewailed my fate at having a younger brother for an ancestor. I tapped the armor with a sense of pride, and listened to tbo old woman's stories with a feeling of per­ sonal admiration, for the men she spoke of were as much mine as the noble lord who lingered in Mayfair. When w e reached the portrait gal­ lery, I lingered before each face with strange sensations, but thcro was one picture that suddenly attracted me, and as soon as I saw i t I seemed to remember the original. The picture was that of n beautiful girl of about eighteen years of age, and she seemed a queen by the very pose of her head. I was so entranced that my guide noticed it, and began this story—I give it i n her own words: She was the daughter of old Sir Francis, who died about 1740. H e was a fierce, head­ strong man, holding his people in sub­ jection, and feared by all. His only daughter inherited some of the old man's strength, but she was kind as she was beautiful, and an angel of goodness to all her inferiors nnd greatly loved. One evening in summer, however, while walking unattended through the park, a rough soldier addressed her. She turned away, but the man caught her in his arms and tried to kiss her. At this point I interrupted the narrator, and said that I knew the story. I lcokod at the face again and knew the rest. Her cousin, who was posssing, heard the screams and hastened to her defence, stabbed the man and left him lying dead. 'La, sir,' said the housekeeper, a3 J I finished, 'that's right; ye must have heard the tale.' \ \Had you?\ inquired Foster, in­ terestedly. \No replied Parsons,slowly, \I had never heard the circumstances narrated before, but the first words of the house­ keeper called up the scene as iu a picture. It seemed as though I had heard the scream, and bursting through the bushes had seen the girl struggling in the man's grasp. It was like a memory of a long-ago happening in which I was an actor. Then I saw the girl turn to her rescuer with a smile; tho man before her inspired her with no sense of pity, for ho had attempted to bo her equal.\ \AhI I see,\ laughed Wakeman, \and you feel as she did; you are prob­ ably the reincarnation of the cousin. Did you marry her?\ For a moment the young man's eyes grew angry, nnd then ho answered, quietly enough): \I asked tho house­ keeper, and she said that ho did. The girl was tho old man's only daughter, and the young man was his heir, so they were both ancestors of mine. I attempt no explanations of my part of it, but toll you the story as i t happened. I do, how­ ever, know how the girl felt, and to-day I hold myself as far above the lower classes as did the old knight in bis own time. Have I not a right? Perhaps not in these later dayB, but I cannot destroy the feeling.\ „ A servant entered at that moment. \If you please, sir, Mr. Peters would like to see you.\ \Tell Peters t o come in. My foreman at the mill,\ ho exclaimed to his friends. The man walked sheepishly into the richly furnished room. \Well?\ queried Parsons. ' 'The man are going to strike at noon to-morrow, sir, unless these conditions are agreed to,\ and Peters held out a paper. The young mill owner took tho docu­ ment, deliberately tore it in half, and threw the pieces to one side. \At noon to-morrow?\ he asked quietly. \Yes sir.\ \You may tell tho men, Peters, that thoy may declare their strike on now if they desire, as the mill will remain closed until further orders. Good­ night.\ The young owner kept his word. For six months the forges of tbo great mill lay silent, and the furnace fires unlit. The men lingered about hoping for satis­ faction, but t o each query, John Parsons replied, \lam ray own manager, I will open the mill when I please, and not be­ fore.\ Winter was near at hand and the men were suffering. The district tried to organize a general strike with no suc­ cess, and the spirits of the sufferers fell accordingly. \Will you over open up again, sir?\ timidly asked Peters ono day. \When I get ready,\ was tho answer of the owner; \and when I do,no union man will come inside the door; the work­ ers will be under contract to me. Bu t why do you ask? The men are free to ! go where they please; they needn't wait •on my pleasure. Docs the union not support them?\ \They have no funds, sir,\ Peters said, sadly, turning away. And when the men heard this they cursed the young mill-owner with all the bitterness of hate, but when a young man suggested force, nnd hinted at something else, there was a deep sullen growl—but it was not favorable to the proposal. There were little .ones that wanted food and raiment; there were wives that worked through all the lull in the storm, while the men stood idle and their union failed them for lack of funds. One evening after dinner Parsons strolled through the village on his way to visit his fiancee. Ho had come to the conclusion that ho had nearly won the fight, but tho surrender of the strikers must be unconditional before he accepted it. The fault was not his; he had given warning. Two of his old workers passed him by, and though they looked nt him appealingly, he did not appear to see them. There was a circus in town, and tho streets wero filled with wagons and people from the country, mixed with that crowd that follows in the wake of a circus. Parsons strolled by tho great tent, where the venders of pea-nuts and pop-corn were shouting their ware, and then walked on to the house whither he was bound. Miss Anderson was not at home. \She went out directly after dinner,\ said her mother, \and promised to re­ turn at once. She was bound on an er­ rand of charity, and will surely bo back beforo the darkness.\ John Parsons sat o n the piazza and smoked his cigar slowly. Ho was at peace with himself, and in a very good humor with a certain person in whom he believed implicitly. Facts were nothing to him if he did not chooso to be con­ vinced by them,but he could bring him­ self into a belief in anything that pleased him. He was thinking that the lesson of the strike would be a good one for his men and also for other mill owners. He did not notice that the minutes slipped swiftly by, and that Miss Ander­ son did not return. Suddenly he real­ ized that it had grown quite dark, and, looking at his watch, saw that nearly an hour had elapsed since his arrival. H e hurried into the house. \I think that she was going to Barton street,\ said the old lady. \She surely ought to have returned.\ John started. He recalled the crowd­ ed streets, the rough crowds, and his heart sank. He was madly in love with her, but the realization of tho fuct came at that moment. It was quite durk, and a horrible chapter of possible happen­ ings Hashed through his brain. Ho thought of the gaunt, hollow-eyed men he had refused that day t o see, nnd >the idea of revenge suggested itself. As h e reached the gate three figures approached and stopped. \Good night,\ he heard the voice of Miss Anderson say. \I am much obliged.\ And as two forms disap­ peared, the girl walked into her lover's arms. \Who were those men?\ he asked, quickly. \Friends John,\ she answered. \I was coming home, being detained longer than I thought, and was passing by the headquarters of your strikers—your strikers,\ she said softly, \when tw o men came forward—\ \Scoundrels!\ cried John Parsons, fiercely, catching the girl's hands in a tight grasp. \No John, no,\ she replied, vehe­ mently. \Ono of them came up and took off his hat. 'Excusu me, miss,' he said,'but there's a pretty tough crowd in the village to-night, an' Jim and me thought we'd better say a s we'd see you homo,' and they did. They acted as gentlemen—true gentlemen—nevor say­ ing a word until spoken to ; and they came all the way home with me through that horrible crowd. They were so good and kind, and wanted to knock a man down who ?tared at me. \ \Did they mention me?\ the young man asked. \They said they knew I was the 'lady as Mr. Parsons was to marry.' \ In one brief moment all that he had ever said against tho working-man came into John Parsons's mind, and i n that time he thought of the old baron and tho men he called his inferiors. Liberty was equality in ono way, after all. Tho next morning the whistles of John Parsons's iron mill blew lustily at seven o'clock, and when he arrived there half an hour later, he found all the men as­ sembled in the court yard wondering what was to come. The young man mounted a box. \Men ho said, \we havo probably both been in tho wrong. I, at least, have, and I will confess it. The anvils await you, and tho forges are lit. Go to work. Let tho past bo forgotten. We will begin all over again and work together. To-day is Wednesday; on Saturday you will receive one week's pay in full. I know that money is scarce, and I want to thank you for hav­ ing acted as—men.\ And the cheers that arose from those honest throats wero heartier than those that greeted Mr. Murphy six months ago. \I guess tho ghost of my old ancestor is laid effectually now,\ laughed Par­ sons to himself. \H e couldn't appre­ ciate the era of chivalry and free labor.\ —Harper's Weekly. Tho Largest Telescopes. The largest twelve refracting telescopes are thoso of the Lick Observatory, with an aperture of thirty-six inches; Yale University, twenty-eight; United States Naval, twenty-six; LeandorMcCormack, twonty-six; Princeton, twenty-three; Denver, twenty, Smithsonian, twenty; Dearborn, 18.5; Carloton College. 16.2; Warner, sixteen; Washburn, 15.5; and Harvard, fifteen. The largest reflecting telescopes are those of Harvard College, twenty-eight inches, and the Rev. Dr. John Peate, twenty-two. Dr. Peate, who is an amateur maker, is now finish­ ing a thirty-and-one-half inch silver-on- glass mirror, which will be presented to the Allegheny Collego at Meadville. When mounted it will be the largest re­ flecting telescope in this country. There are numerous reflectors made by Brashear from nine to twelve inches in diameter. The Clarks are now grinding an object glass of forty inches for a telescope to be mounted in an observatory yet t o bo built upon Mount Wilson, in Southern California. Though the Lick Observatory possesses the largest telescope at present, Harvard College has the best equipped observatory for general astronomical work in America, and one of the best in the world.— New Orleans Timet-Dem- '.crat. • INSECT WAX. A CURIOUS ARTICtiB OP CHINESE COMMERCE. Tt is Made Not by Bees, but by Bass Which. Live on the Boughs ol Trees—How the Wax is Gathered. •*The most interesting article of all the many curious things which enter into the trade of China is 'insect wax,' \ writes Minister Denby from Peking to the De­ partment of State. \This product, some­ times known as 'whitewax,' is obtained in western China, not far from the fron­ tier of Thibet. It is gathered from n tree called by the natives the 'crackling flea tree,' from tho popping of its branches when burned. The tree is an evergreen and iu tho spring it bears clus­ ters of white flowers, which are succeeded by fruit of a dark purple color. Botanists have classified it us 'ligustrum lucidum.' Early in May numerous brown, pea- shaped scales appear on the bark of the boughs nnd twigs. These upou being opened, are found to contain a mass of small animals, resembling flour in ap­ pearance, whoso movements are almost imperceptible. The animals are tho larva: of tbo whito wax insect which owns the scientific name of 'coccus pe- la.' People gather tho scales and carry them to the prefecture of Chia-ting, which is the center of this industry. For the journey they aro wrapped in pack­ ages containing about sixteen ounces each. The utmost care is taken to pro­ tect them from heat in order that the larva? may not develop prematurely. \The city of Chia-ting stands in tho midst of a plain which is an immense rice field. The plats of ground into which this vast field is divided for pur­ poses of cultivation aro edged with stumps from four to twelve feet in height, bearing numerous sprouts upon their tall heads. These stumps resemble at u distance pollard willows. The trees, however, are a species of ash, and are called by the Chinese 'white wax trees.' Beneath their branches the whito wax scales are suspended in small packages wrapped in leaves,about twenty or thirty scales in each package. Holes are punched in the leafy wrappings, and the insects on emerging from the scales creep up the boughs to the leaves of the troe3, among which they remain for two weeks. At the end of that time they crawl back to the twigs and branches, on which tho females deposit their eggs and the inalc3 excrete the substance known as white wax. \The first appearance of the wax on the under sides of the boughs nnd twigs resembles snow, and it gradually spreads over the whole of the brauches to tho depth of a quarter of an inch. At the expiration of 100 days from the placing of the insects on the trees the deposit is complete. Th e branches are then cut Dff. A s much of the wax as possible is removed by bund, but to secure, what remains the brauches are afterward aoiled. This boiling destroys tue eggs, thus making necessary the bringing of fresh scales the following ycir from auother locality, as above describe!. A A. pound of scales, it is said, will produce four or five pounds of wax.\ \The wax scraped off is put into boiling water, where it melts, and rising to the surface, is skimmed off and put into molds. Here it solidifies and the nanufacture is complete. The insects, which have sunk to the bottom of the pot, are pressed out, and when the wax aas ail been extracted from them, are fed to the pig3. A ton of tho wax is worth y. Shanghai about $1000. \A tree from which the branches have been removed is not available again for productive purposes until the ,hird year following. If the wax is left on the tree the male insects buried under it undergo a metamorphosis, emerging with wiugs in the autumn and flying away. \This white wax is a substance of great utility in China. It melts only at a very high temperature, 160 degrees Fahrenheit, and is chiefly employed to cover cancdls made of animal and vege­ table tallow to prevent them from burning too rapidly. It is used in somo localities as a sizing for paper and cot­ ton goods, a glaze for silk and polish for furniture. Also it is utilized in southern China as a polish for stone ornaments. Immense quantities of it are shipped from the ports of the upper Yaug-tso in junks. \The introduction of foreign kero­ sene, no w so universally used iu China, has had a discouraging influence on the production of 'insect wax.' Mineral oil in lamps affords a cheaper light than tallow candles. It is possible, however, that a use for the product may be found in other countries.\ Explanations of Foreign Weights. The rate3 of exchange nnd price of geld here arc to be taken into account ra forming a comparison between foreign mnrkets and our own: English—In round numbers, count for a pound sterling rnnrked thus (£), $4.84; for a shilling, marked thus (s.), twenty- four cents; for apenny,markedthus (d.), two cents. Continent of Europe—A franc, com­ posed of 10 0 centimes, marked thus (f.), is nineteen cents; five centimes are equal to one cent. In France a kilo is about 1 1-5 pounds. In Austria a florin, equal to sixty kreutzers, is worth forty- eight cunts. The Germau florin is forty cents. In Prussia a thaler,cqual to eighty silver groschen, is worth sevonty-one cents. In Hamburg a marco bank, equal to sixteen schillings, is worth thirty-six cents. In Holland a guilder or florin, equal to 100 Dutch cents, is worth forty-one cents. A Holland centner is equal to about 109 pounds, a Prussian centner to 103 pounds.— New Tort: Advertiser. Texas' \Boiled\ Bnzzard. Among the distinguished visitors at Belton, Texas, tho other day was the famous \belled\ buzzard, which, thir­ teen years ngo, was captured at McGregor, Texas, and turned loose again with a small bell attached to his neck. Your correspondent saw the bird for the first time on its first visit to Bel- ton. Since his first capture ho has crossed the continent several times, hav­ ing been seen in many places from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific. The bell is of a small size, somewhat smaller than the bells used on calves hero when they aro turned loose for grazing on the prairies. As the buzzard flaps his wings tho bell jingles and he can be plainly heard when he is soaring at a considerable distance in the air;— St, Louis Republic. f CuAons Rain Showers. We find I frequent mention, in old writings, of/blood rain, which was sup­ posed to fail only at raro intervals, and to portend] some dire calamity. This is no other than red rain, which, with red snow, is A perfectly natural, as contra­ distinguished from a supernatural, phe­ nomenon, and is caused by various sub­ stances—plants, animalcules, and min­ erals—infinitely small, which, gathered into tho air by tho wind, mingle with the rain globules in such untold quantities, us to completely hide tho original color Somo years ago there fell a shower ol red rain at Bristol, which, on examina­ tion, was found to derive its color from the seeds of ivy berries which fell with it. Pollen showers, vulgarly called yel­ low or sulphur rains, are comparatively common; somo are the pollen of thc- Scotch fir; nnd one extraordinary fall ot this kind of rain, whii.h took place dur­ ing the night, was phosphorescent, and greatly alarmed the beholders. Ono af­ ternoon, wo aro told by Dr. Thomson, in his \Introduction to Meteorology,'' the wooded part of Morayshire appeared to smoke, and for a time fears were en- tertaiued that tho fir plantations were on fire. A smart breeze suddenly got un from the north, and above the woods there appeared to rise about fifty col­ umns of something resembling smoke, which wreathed about like waterspuuts. The atmosphere now calmed, and the mystery was solved; for what seemed smoke was, in reality, the pollen of the woods. Readers of the \Origin of Spe­ cies\ will readily understand tho im­ portance of this distribution of pollen in the fertilization of the fir trees. Show­ ers of \manna like that, presumably, which saved the children of fsrael in the wilderness, aro frequent, and consist of an esculent lichon, which, in times of famine, has done good service in the preservation of a whole people. In 1815, a lake in the south of France suddenly became a patchwork of red, violet, and grass-greeu, which, on examination by Klarpoth, was found to have been caused by myriads of various colored animal­ cules. Black rain is another curious phenome­ non which has not yet been properly and adequately explained. There fell, on the 23a of November, 1819, a rcmark- ablo black shower at Montreal, accom­ panied by appalling thunder. The fall had been preceded by dark and gloomy weather over the whole of the States and Canada, and, whon Montreal itself wai visited, the whole city became dark; the atmosphere appeared as if covered with a thick haze of a dingy orange color, and the rain which fell had a thick nnd dark inky appearance, and secmeJ to be impregnated with some black substance resembling soot.— All the Year Rtund. The Indians as Soldiers. Fifty-four Indians, in commuad of Lieutenant McDonald, marched down through Main 3treet a few days ago on their way to the post, where they will be stationed in the future. Each one had his cape thrown back with tho militnry precision, showing the yellow lining. At present they are not mounted, but the horses to be secured under the lately awarded contract are for them. Lieu- tcnaut M:Donald s:iid, concerning his troop. \We have had fair success in en­ listing the Indians, and my troop is uow full. I do not know how many Indians there are now in tho service, but am pretty certain that tho cavalry troops to be mudo up from them arc filled. In en­ listing infantry I understand that a great doal of difficulty has been experienced, us the Indians do not care to be what they call 'walk soldiers.' I find from my experience with the Indians that they mako excellent soldiers. They tako much more pride in their work than tho white recruits. They do not learn to drill as quickly as the white soldier, but when they get so they can go through tho tactics they do it much bettor. They are Bplendid horsemen. Then they show greater respect for their officers than the white soldiers do, are much easier to handle and keep better discipline. I am in favor of further enlistments from among the Indians for the regular service. \The greatest advantage obtained by making a 6oldier of an Indian is that it seems to civilize him. When these men were enlisted they were as dirty as tht dirtiest Indians. Their hair was tangled and gnarled and hung to their shoulders, and thoy had all the appearance of the Bavago. Seven of the men in my troop were arrayed against the whites in the battle of Wounded Knee last winter and three of them wero wounded thero. Now money could not hire them to resist the whites. They are as loyal as can be. Wo give all the commands in English and require the men to ask for articles they want in the mess rooms in English. In that way we are teaching them tho English language. Then we have an in- terpcter with us, an Indian who has been through Carlisle, who instructs them. You would be surprisod to know the im­ provement my men have mado since they were onlisted. Yes, I think that the army will do more to civilize tho Indiaus than any other agency, and that it will prove advantageous to tho army, especially in the West.\— Slurgis (jSuuth Dakota) Weekly Record. A .Medical Exploring Station. Tho New York Melical Record has sent Dr. Edmund C. Wendt to Europe to investigate the sanitary and climatic conditions of the principal cities of Southern France and of the Italian Riviera, as well as of Naples, Florence and Rome, to determine whether that part of tho country is really so beneficial to the vast army of patients whom phy­ sicians annually send to winter there, as is commonly imagined. Dr. Wendt says that many patients who ut considerable expense havo spent winters in these Southern cities, have expressed doubt as to any benefit that they huve derived, and his mission is to determine whether these doubts are well founded. He will spend the whole winter in his investiga­ tions.— Nets Orleans Picayune. A Cricket's Substittio for the Uoarth. Ono of the curiosities cf the Anderson Hotel is the cricket that chirps in the clcvatsr. During tho flood last winter the little fellow was washed out of bi3 homo, but turned up after several days iu another part of tho house. Then he slowly moved his house from point to point until he reached his old home in tho elovator. Ho has been there now for several months, and evidently was glad to get back, as his song has been sharper and merrier ever since. The little fellow is well fed, but nobody in the houso has seen him. His music is tho only thing tHat reve&b his presence.— Pittsburg Dispaleh. CURIOUS FACTS. Brazil is a country of extraordinary for tility. Two pounds of beef aro consumed to one of mutton in England. The'waters of theJGrand Falls of Labrai dor havo excavated a chasm thirty miles long. People in Japan are called by tho family name next and the honorfic—thus, \Smith Peter Mr.\ A man in Concord, Mich., makes a living by raising English sparrows and selling their heads for tho bounty. An industrious hivo of Andrew County. Missouri, bees lately made a record ol twelve pounds of honey in twelve hours. John Stowe of Birmingham, Conn., recently ejected a live frog, which he declares he swallowed tw o years pre­ viously. The longest railroad bridge span is the United States is the cantilever span in the Poughkee pisio (N. Y.) bridge over the Hudson—548 feet. Melons were first called canteloupes from being cultivated at Canteluppi, a village near Rome, where they had been introduced from Armenia by mission­ aries. The earliest inhabitants of Greece weri probably the Pelasgi, an Aryan natior who came from the high table-land ol Asia, passed around the Caspian Sea into Europe, and settled in Greece and Italy. Western Washington loggers tell of an immense log, recently floated down tht Snoqualmio Rivor, which five oxen had difficulty in hauling. It was a fire log thirty-two feet in length and eighty-nine inches in diamctor at the largest end. Mile. Louise do Beaulin, who speni her fortune ($4000) iu procuring com­ forts for wounded soldiers aud gave hei own services on the field in the Franco Prussian war, has boon officially author­ ized to sell matchc3 on the streets oi Paris. Twelve thousand silk worms when nowly hatched scarcely weigh one-quar­ ter of an ounce, yet in tho course ot their life, which lusts only about thirty- five days, they will consume between three hundred and four hundred pounds of leaves. A Gardiner (JIc.) pastor collected 140t : copper cents during his itinerancy, and [paid them over to a merchant in thai city the other day. But the merchant got nearly even with the good man by handing him back 1000 of them iu tho shape of a wedding fee. A Newberry (Slich.) mnn named Bol­ ton nearly cut a tree dowu and was ad­ vised to finish the job, but put it off. A few days after his wife was digging po­ tatoes in the field and stopped under the tree to tie her shoe when the old birch, without a warning, fell, killing her iu stautly. There are naturalists in this day anu age who believe that horso hairs wil'. turn to living snakes; that toads will live for thousands of years in the cavity of a rock without food or water, that the barnacle goose was developed from the shell fish of that name, and that the bird called Sora is a species of the winged frog. The City of London is put down by geographers as tho centro of the landed hemisphere. In other words, a radius of about 6000 miles on the curved surface of the earth, with London a3 a centre, would describe a circumference enclosing more land than any 6000-mile circle that could be drawn from any other city in the world. Down to the timo of Homer, who flourished 907 B. C, as little was known of the surface of tho earth as is now known of the interior. Greece was then regarded as the centre of the earth, which was surrounded at the distance of 500 miles by the ocean river. Liter the land was extended farther and a limited form given to the old Coutinent, A Unique Spot is Lopez Island. A unique spot is Lopez Island in the San Juan Archipelago of Puget Sound. The inhabitants for tho most part are old frontiersmen who have been con­ tinually moving west until they could go no further, and, strange to say, thoy are satisfied with their environment. Eat when wo como to describe Lopez Island, it is not strange. Tho climate is akin to perfection for those who cannot bear extremes of heat and cold. In the autumn thero is a hint of frost in the air, but the winter is never rigorous, and, owing to the warmth of the cir­ cumambient waters, snow is unknown. Summer heats are tempered by breezes blowing over the wide Pacific. Little bays iu which tho white sand runs up to groves of fir indent tho coast line, and every islander has his bit of water front and his boat for fishing and pleasure voyaging. Game is so abundant that the larder need never bo ompty, and deer would bo as thick as rabbits if the rifle's report was not heard daily. In fact, tho inhabitants when they put venison on tho table apologizo to visitors. Quail sound their notes in every clearing. Ducks, waterfowl, and wild pigeons are also plentiful. Seven kinds of tooth­ some lisb swim round the sea-girt island, and clams are accessible to the laziest of men. And this suggests tho state­ ment that Lopez islander* just tickle their ground enough to supply them­ selves with food and a little money for raiment. Sheep pa3turo everywhere, their owners never quarrelliug about metes and bounds. Tho island contains twenty-nine sections of land. To a brain- weary New Yorker perhaps its crowning glory would be that no steamer puts in with tourist or pleasure-seeker, and that three-fourths of tho people of Port To«n- scod and Anncortcs, the nearest towns, arc ignorant of tho existence of Lopez Island. As a type of settlor there is the old lady who lying, it seemed, nt the point of death, defiantly said: \I don't want no doctors nor preachers botherin' round here; an' don't you send for 'em.\ She go t well.— New York Poit. The Babls or Persia. The Babis of Persia, whom the Shah has determined to exterminate, and somo of whom have recently been strangled at Yezd, nre an heretical sect of Moham­ medans and are not very numerous in Persia, but aro greatly disliked by tho orthodox and havo always been sub­ jected to persecution. Thoy aro follow­ ers of Mirza Ali Mohammed, who about half a century ago proclaimed himsell the Bab-ed-Din or \Gate of tho Faith,\ and who was executed in 1850, after he had excited a rebellion against tho Shah. Besides their heterodoxy in roligion the Babis advocate the doctrine of com­ munity of property.— Chicago N*»*. J: )